This is the best and easiest fresh apple cake recipe I've ever baked. It's very quick to put together by simply adding the ingedients to the bowl in stages, and mixing well.

Follow the step-by-step pictures below, to see how to make this fresh apple cake recipe.

Ingredients

250g/9 oz/generous 2 cups self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
1-2 tsp ground cinnamon
100g/4 oz/two-thirds cup moist light brown sugar
175g/6 oz/1 cup sultanas
125ml/4 fl oz/half cup sunflower oil
2 eggs
125ml/4 fl oz/half cup apple or orange juice
2 medium-sized juicy eating or dessert apples
2 oz/55g/two-thirds cup desiccated coconut

Makes 10 slices

Method

* Heat the oven to 180C/350F/gas 4. Grease and base-line a 23cm/9 inch diameter round cake tin.
* Sift together the flour, baking powder and cinnamon into a large bowl.

* Stir in the sugar and sultanas. Make a hollow in the middle of the dry ingredients, and pour in the beaten eggs, oil and juice.

* Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, using a wooden spoon.

* Use a hand-held grater to grate or shred the fresh, unpeeled apples.

* Stir the fresh apple into the cake mix (batter).

* Pour the batter into the cake pan and sprinkle over desiccated coconut to cover. Bake for around 45 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.

* Allow to cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then remove from tin and leave to cool on a wire rack.